title: Attitudes of non-medical staff in hospitals in Spain, Mexico, Cuba and Costa Rica towards organ donation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Non-medical staff members in hospitals are highly credible at population level, and are a source of opinion even though they do not have sufficient medical training.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the attitudes of non-medical professionals of Spanish and Latin American hospitals towards organ donation and identify the factors that influence these attitudes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Through the "Proyecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante" (International Collaborative Donor Project), a stratified random sample was selected from non-medical services of eleven hospitals: 3 Spanish (n=277), 5 Mexican (n=632), 2 Cuban (n=42) and 1 Costa Rican (n=101).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1052 professionals surveyed, 72% (n=754) were in favour of donating an organ after death. By country, 98% of Cubans, 80% of Mexicans, 66% of Costa Ricans and 52% of Spanish were in favour (P<.001). The most influential variables were: 1) country, with results being more positive in Mexico (odds ratio [OR]=2.197), 2) believing in the possibility that they will require a transplant (OR=2.202), 3) having discussed the issue with their family (OR=3.23), 4) the positive attitude of their partner towards donation (OR=3.322), 5) not being concerned about possible mutilation of their body after donation (OR=3.378), 6) preferring options other than burial (OR=2.525), 7) accepting an autopsy (OR=2.958).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The attitude of non-medical staff members of hospitals towards the donation of their own organs varies greatly depending on the country of the respondent. Psychosocial factors that influence these attitudes are similar to those described at the population level.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003364:Costa Rica; D003462:Cuba; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011584:Psychology; D012067:Religion; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012945:Social Values; D013030:Spain; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement